Corset-fastening means



March 17, 1925.

A. S. JOHNSON CORSET FASTENING MEANS Filed NCIV. 20, 1922 I fluyusfa 5J0hns0n BY Wm ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUGUSTA S. JOHNSON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORSET-FASTENING MEANS.

Application filed November 20, 1922. Serial No. 602,194.

resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings 1 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Fastening Means, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in corset fastening means, and has for its object aconstruction which will so hold the stays of a corset to which the usual clasps are attached, as to prevent tilting or buckling of the same, the gaping resulting therefrom, and the much annoying pinching of the flesh of the wearer, due, to the present insecure clasping of the stays.

Another object is to provide a series of smooth surfaces next to the body of the wearer, eliminating sharp corners and edges and presenting substantially but one continuous surface, so that there is nothing upon which the garments of the wearer of the corset are liable to catch and tear.

I accomplish this result by placing in some of the spaces between the conventional clasps now used for fastening small pro jecting strips or tongues which overlap the outside of one of the stays-and form a secure guide, thereby positively preventing the stays from tilting or buckling.

The invention will be understood more fully by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is an elevation showing a conventional form of corset stays equipped with the usual clasps and with my novel anti-tilting means;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of the stay, drawn to a larger scale, with the antitilting means shown in a somewhat modified position;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view along the plane of line in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view along the plane of line 4. l in Fig. 2.

Like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views and the following specification.

indicates a flexible frontcorset stay, and 11 a second and adjacent flexible stay. To these two stays or strips are attached a plurality of clasp members of conventional design and consisting of studs 12 and eyelets 13. Each stud 12 is riveted onto the stay 10 at 14C and is provided with a rounded head 15 a slight distance above the. outer surface of stay 10. Each eyelet 13 is riveted to the other stay 11 in juxtaposition to studs 12 by means of two small rivets 16. Each eyelet is also provided with a keyhole aperture 17 consisting of a large round portion 18 of suflicient diameter to slip over head 15 of stud 12,.and of relatively narrower part 19 to engage 'slidingly' that body portion of stud 12 which is located below its head 15 and the outer surface of stay 10. I

Positioned between studs 12 and on the same stay 10 to which these studs are-.riveted, are small tongues 20, fastened to the outside surface of the stay by, preferably, rlvets 21. adjacent stay 11. v I

Attention is particularly drawn to the fact that the studs 12, eyelets 13, and tongues I 20 are all mounted on one and the same-side of the stays, that is, the outside, leaving the inner surface, nearest tothebody ofthe wearer, perfectly smooth.

The operation of my in'iproved' fastening means is as follows: a

l/Vhen the eyelet members and the stud members of they clasps andthe tongues are attached to their respective stays and the stays themselves affixed in the usual way to the corset body, each set of clasp mem-' bers may be engaged, first one, and then the other, down the length of the corset body. This is done by first inserting the head 15 of the stud 12 through the opening 18 of the eyelet. hen in this position care must be exercised to see that the tongues 20 slip over the outside surface of the stay 11. The stud 12 is then drawn either. by hand of the wearer or by the natural expansion of.

the body of the wearer. of the corset toward and between-the parallel sides of the narrow part 19 of the keyhole aperture 17.

This operation is repeated until, all studs and eyelets are thus engaged.

In this posit-ion, the eyelets and studs will These tongues project over the be firmly locked together, and the tongues 20 will press against the adjacent stay 11 in such a manner, as to prevent any rocking or tilting movement of one corset-stay with respect to the other, or the gaping open of the stays, with the corresponding annoyance of pinching the flesh of the wearer. Atten tion is particularly called in this connection to the fact that the tongues 20 are fastened to that stay which contains the studs 12.,be-

cause, if they were fastened to the stay consmt e... yelets, h ngues. w uld 19 term no/ funotion whatever,- jiistd ke; a (113-:

engaged eyelet, but, being brought in contact with the outside of the stay equipped with the eyelets, elearly prevents tilting longitudinal movement When in position upon the body of the wearer.

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